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Chapter 64

           ItangeredhimtoperceivethatRosamond’smindwaswanderingoverimpracticablewishesinsteadoffacingpossibleefforts.

           "Whyshouldyounotmentionthesum?"saidRosamond,withamildindicationthatshedidnotlikehismanners.

           "Well,"saidLydgateinaguessingtone,"itwouldtakeatleastathousandtosetmeatease.But,"headded,incisively,"IhavetoconsiderwhatIshalldowithoutit,notwithit."

           Rosamondsaidnomore.

           ButthenextdayshecarriedoutherplanofwritingtoSirGodwinLydgate.SincetheCaptain’svisit,shehadreceivedaletterfromhim,andalsoonefromMrs.Mengan,hismarriedsister,condolingwithheronthelossofherbaby,andexpressingvaguelythehopethattheyshouldseeheragainatQuallingham.Lydgatehadtoldherthatthispolitenessmeantnothing;butshewassecretlyconvincedthatanybackwardnessinLydgate’sfamilytowardshimwasduetohiscoldandcontemptuousbehavior,andshehadansweredthelettersinhermostcharmingmanner,feelingsomeconfidencethataspecificinvitationwouldfollow.Buttherehadbeentotalsilence.TheCaptainevidentlywasnotagreatpenman,andRosamondreflectedthatthesistersmighthavebeenabroad.However,theseasonwascomeforthinkingoffriendsathome,andatanyrateSirGodwin,whohadchuckedherunderthechin,andpronouncedhertobelikethecelebratedbeauty,Mrs.

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